diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/shellcheck/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/shellcheck/default.nix
index 17d815431d7..568b9e1e1dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/shellcheck/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/shellcheck/default.nix
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ let
     in drv' // { meta = meta' // overrideFn meta'; };
 
   bin = haskell.lib.justStaticExecutables haskellPackages.ShellCheck;
-  src = haskellPackages.ShellCheck.src;
 
   shellcheck = stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pname = "shellcheck";
     version = bin.version;
 
-    inherit src;
+    inherit (haskellPackages.ShellCheck) meta src;
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [ pandoc ];
 
@@ -40,10 +39,6 @@ let
       install -Dm644 shellcheck.1 $man/share/man/man1/shellcheck.1
       mkdir $out
     '';
-
-    # just some file copying
-    preferLocalBuild = true;
-    allowSubstitutes = false;
   };
 
 in